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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

Posted by: Connie Chung
Thanks to: Connie Chung
21 October 2003 - 12:00pm

Millions of children in the U.S. are being raised by their grandparents; various groups and organizations speculate on causes.

"Millions of grandparents are acting as primary caregiver to their grandchildren....A Census Bureau report released Thursday found that more than one-third of the 2.4 million grandparents who are primary caregivers to a grandchild lived in a home without the grandchild's parents. The report, which looked at data from the 2000 census in detail, did not include reasons for that dynamic."

Full Story: Millions of grandparents again raising children
Source: Orange County Register, October 17, 2003
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